Dick Polman's American Debate

Bush wreckage report

Dick Polman — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:08:41 GMT

It is tempting, with a holiday weekend on the horizon, to wind down by merely riffing on the latest fatuous campaign trivia (did Barack Obama really refuse to bump fists with an Ohio schoolkid? his aides deny it). But today I

Obama's bid to narrow the God gap

Dick Polman — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:20:30 GMT

Many liberal Obama fans surely winced yesterday when their candidate called for a new, improved

Dick Polman — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:29:55 GMT

Scott McClellan, whose scatching indictment of the failed Bush presidency is already the top bestselling book on Amazon, has also performed a valuable public service by exploding the right-wing myth about the

Obama and the risk of being Gored

Dick Polman — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:48:07 GMT

Barack Obama might be well advised to curb his occasional impulse for telling tall tales, lest the Republicans seize the opportunity to paint him as Pinocchio.

They've proved themselves quite adept at undermining

"This is not the Scott we knew"

Dick Polman — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:56:14 GMT

Fetishizing the uniform

Dick Polman — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:26:35 GMT

In yet another manifestation of the "maverick's" fealty to a failed president, John McCain is stuck trying to explain why he and Bush remain united in their opposition to a new, bipartisan G.I. Bill that would

The tasteless and the meaningless

Dick Polman — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:17:18 GMT

The stench from the smoking wreckage of the Hillary Clinton candidacy continues to sting our nostrils.

It's clear, from the